Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:20:14 +0200 | From | Andre Tomt <> | Subject | Re: Spam/LKML |
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Justin Piszcz wrote:
> I use qmail here. > > It appears to be a manifestation at least at the surface, 90%+ are > 140-160KB emails w/microsoft stuff only, I have not noticed any weird > things in the qmail logs recently. > > One has to wonder though why such intense targetting happens, 10-15 > e-mails to my address only two hours after I sent an e-mail to LKML. > > The previous day, I only had received about 3-4 of them. > > It would seem like it would be a lot of work for people to constantly hit > archives of LKML to get e-mail addresses to spam, I wonder if there are > malicious people on the list scurrying e-mail addresses for spam targets.
One obvious answer is Microsoft Windows users infected with Swen/Gibe-F/Automat.AHB subscribed to this list. It's just one of those mail worms, same old all over again.
-- Mvh, André Tomt andre@tomt.net
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